Title:
AUTOMATED CLEANSING SPRAYER
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2002084034
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The invention is an automated sprayer (20) for spraying the walls of a bath and shower enclosure with a cleanser. The sprayer has a housing that can be mounted inside the shower enclosure and that defines a tray (22) in which an inverted bottle (48) of cleanser is stored. The bottom of the tray has a tube (56) extending downwardly along a longitudinal axis through which the cleanser can pass. A motorized head (26) disposed beneath the tube can be rotated about the axis for metering cleanser from the bottle and spraying cleanser outward. The sprayer includes timer circuitry that delays commencement of a spray for a set time and automatically stops spraying after a predetermined period. The sprayer also includes a system for signaling the beginning of a spray cycle including audio and visual alarms. An automated method of cleaning the shower enclosure is also disclosed.
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Inventors:
LINSTEDT BRIAN K
GAUSMANN KEITH H
FAHY CATHAL L
STONIS LUKE C
ABEREGG DALE
DUDLEY AMBER N
NEUMANN PETER M
ELSIE DOUGLAS R
CHILDS DANIEL K
KRAPFL CLIFFORD
DITTMER HOWARD R
SHIESLEY CRAIG F
KOVARA TERRY M
FRYAN MICHAEL C
VARANASI PADMA P
ZACH STEVEN A
RATHGEBER MARTIN
GAUSMANN KEITH H
FAHY CATHAL L
STONIS LUKE C
ABEREGG DALE
DUDLEY AMBER N
NEUMANN PETER M
ELSIE DOUGLAS R
CHILDS DANIEL K
KRAPFL CLIFFORD
DITTMER HOWARD R
SHIESLEY CRAIG F
KOVARA TERRY M
FRYAN MICHAEL C
VARANASI PADMA P
ZACH STEVEN A
RATHGEBER MARTIN
Application Number:
PCT/US2002/011748
Publication Date:
May 08, 2003
Filing Date:
April 12, 2002
Export Citation:
Assignee:
JOHNSON & SON INC S C (US)
International Classes:
A47K3/28; A47L11/38; B05B1/08; B05B1/18; A47L11/03; B05B1/30; B05B3/02; B05B3/06; B05B3/10; B05B12/02; B08B3/02; B08B3/08; B05B1/14; B05B15/06; (IPC1-7): B05B12/02; A47K3/28; B05B3/02; B05B3/10; B05B3/06
Foreign References:
| US3132350A | 1964-05-12 |
Other References:
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 1999, no. 03 31 March 1999 (1999-03-31)
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